Six month check-up!!!

Feb 20, 2010

I found out on the 16th that I really had 6 cc's in my band.  I have a new doctor and she pulled out all the fluid in my band before she gave me a fill.  I couldn't believe I had so much in there.  My old doctor told me I had 3 cc's in my band.  It's a shame I had to find out by someone else the truth.  I do love my new doctor!!!  She took the time to talk to me and I really appreciated that.  She was also very encouraging about my weight loss.  I was feeling down, because the last few months have been a struggle for me.  I've been eating too much of the wrong things and I was gaining and losing the same five pounds.  She told me I was doing really well.  She stated that many bandsters take a year to lose what I've lost in six months.  I couldn't believe it.  I'm always so hard on myself.  I think my expectations for weight loss were enormous, even though it is normal to only lose 1-2 pounds of weight per week.  I'm glad I had a talk with her.

Well, I was so excited to get a fill.  My doctor gave me a .75 cc fill.  What great restriction, but...the next day...!!!  I decided to take my chewable vitamins and they got stuck and I got really swollen.  It was the worst experience I have had with the band.  I couldn't even swallow my own spit.  I went Thursday and got a .4 cc unfill and I felt better immediately.  I'm so glad I got an unfill.  Since I got the fill I went down to 177.3 lbs.  I still have really good restriction, I just have to work hard to get my water in. 

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